Apple

How are those $900 price targets looking now, analysts? Proving that Apple is as fallible as any other company, the stock has plunged more than 20 per cent from its September peak of $705, meeting the definition of a bear market. With competition intensifying in the smartphone and tablet markets and Apple’s legendary margins in danger, analysts might have to – gulp – start bringing down their lofty projections.

Tesla Motors

Most people associate electric cars with the speeds of small, shelled animals. Then there’s the Tesla Roadster, with a scorching 0-to-60 time of 3.7 seconds. Calling the third quarter “a fundamental turning point,” the maker of high-performance elecric vehicles said it can now produce 200 cars a week, up from just five a week at the beginning of the third quarter, giving the stock a charge.

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